Social media sayings that can fuck off and die

[AngeloMysterioso]

I’ve reached the point of feeling a totally irrational surge of rage whenever I see them which is every damn day…

“I was today years old when”

“POV”

“That feeling when”

Anything that is referred to as a “hack”.

Calling an outfit a “fit”

Absolutely and it's hardly a "Point Of View". It's a depiction of a situation. A point of view would be explaining the poster's take or interpretation of the situation but that is never what is being shown/said. Arrrggh!

Another one I keep seeing recently is "[Celebrity] breaks his/her silence" because they have said something on a subject but there is nothing at all to suggest they were keeping silent/refusing to comment prior to that. Gets right on my tits.

Those photos of people with a prosthetic leg or conjoined twins and the caption says it's their birthday and they haven't got any friends so please like the post. The picture will either have been photoshopped or taken from somebody's page or a public group without the knowledge of who posted it. There was one of a baby recovering from a cleft lip repair and the caption on the photo said she had been in a car accident.

'My son is really horrible to me' mums net 'DS' DD DH DM DF all of them

You do you
Making memories
Furbabies / heart dog etc
Living my best life

Sorry, not read the whole thread, so surely these have already been said (can't just be me?)

Yes, ack!! The worst one is 'jean'. The new wide legged jean. Please, please stop.

Oh the “gift” one!! I see it on here all the time too.

“AIBU to ask PILs to gift us a house deposit??”

GIVE. You want them to GIVE you a house deposit.

Or “my parents gifted me a new car”. They bought you a new car.

Aaaaaaaaargh

I get that. But still makes me cringe.

😂😂😂

What a load of happy cheery people you all are. Maybe social media isn’t for you?

You've got one of those "my hoomans" dog accounts haven't you

It took me ages to understand, too - thought either Copper's Nark (someone who grassed others up to the police) or narcotics (so someone who was an addict)

CantDealwithChristmas

Thanks for your explanation of the origins of the slang.

Yet curiously other languages such as French use the singular eg un pantalon, presumably because the legs are joined at the top to form one article of clothing.

I wonder if it is an attempt to channel a kind of euro vibe etc in order to make it sound more “ haute couture.”

Nonetheless, limping about in “a high heel“ would be anything but elegant 😂👠

It's from the world of haute couture design yes. Specifically from designers' workshops when the concept is at an early stage.

It's used on SM to make the user sound posh and bouji.

That's another one I hate. Bouji.

@CantDealwithChristmas I didn't know that, that's interesting. Thanks

I've just looked up IYKYK

I volunteer to be the one to drown it in a cold puddle of tramp's vomit.

garlictwist · Today 11:10

How is POV used? What does it mean?

Point of View, as explained; it's used pointlessly and inappropriately, with no context of explanation, such as:

POV - when you run out of Haribo!!! Pasted onto a photo of an empty Haribo bag. No further information.

To me being gifted something suggests the giver already had it, and wasn’t using it/didn’t need it so gave it to you without wanting anything in return. As opposed to buying it especially for you as a present.

Making memories (kids' memory of said event will probably be of being made to pose for a thousand photos).

And just like that (usually in reference to a child, after they have spent at least several years growing).

And not a saying, but I loathe the posing facial expressions and body poses that everyone seems to adopt in photos these days. It usually makes you look constipated. Just smile at the camera and look natural and normal FFS.

Asking a group of people a question and calling them "the hive mind".

Piss off.

A lot of Welsh people use "stunnin/g" specifically to describe food. You're right about KFC though, definitely not stunnin!

“You didn’t experience X and it shows”

Usually something ridiculous like “Some of you weren’t traumatised by the paintball episode of Byker Grove when you were 7 and it shows”

Probably already posted but 'having a cheeky'... breakfast/meal/drink... Ffs why is it cheeky and if it is, why post it on Social Media? Also 'Unrecognisable' with a picture of a celeb aged 2 and then aged 50!?! No shit Sherlock 🙄

I’ve thought of another pet peeve… (other than “Pet Peeve” itself, that is…)
People using everyday parenthood to make themselves look like fucking superheroes, matyrs or goddesses. It’s like they’re the first people in history to have kids.
Oooooh and matchy-matchy beige-dressed kids in beige bedrooms with designer-brand baby and kid stuff like Tiffany pacifiers, Gucci pram, Balenciaga sneakers, etc. These poor little like-baits are usually given awful names like Oceania, Infinidee, Rocket or Breeze….. They’re all going to be needing counselling before their teens thanks to the constant intrusion.

@CantDealwithChristmas thanks for that, I do tend to see it more in fashion mags or weekend supplements so thought it would be along those lines but it makes me shake my head when I read it.

I think a lot of these things on SM just show how unimaginative some people can be as we're getting fed up with seeing and hearing the same thing repeatedly but I came of FB, only have a burner account on insta for being able to see what a neighbour was up to! I think it's good to tailor a feed to something that, as Marie Kondo would say, 'sparks joy' rather than brings you down or annoys you but that's how these things manipulate us into using them and constantly scrolling!

When you join a group on fb it prompts you to do this, people probably don't realise it's optional

Thank God it's not just me, I can't fathom any of this twaddle.
In the pub quiz we often get questions about those vacuous people in reality TV programmes and so on, I consider it to be a body of knowledge I'm glad I don't have and it's the same here.